NBA TRADE TALK: TDL over

[mvossman]

Right in theory I agree with you, but are you 100% committed to paying Brunson a contract (if the Knick rumor is believed to be true) of north of 20 mil a year?


That's what this contract looks like:
$21,122,500
$22,812,300
$24,502,100
$26,191,900
Total: $94,628,800

And that's the minimum "north" of 20 mil the rumor was for. Brunson's good. He's crafty. But he has obvious deficiencies. He's gotten destroyed the last 2 years in the playoffs (and that trend didn't go away when he's played good playoff teams this year). It's also concerning that lineups with Luka+Brunson aren't particularly special. In fact Luka led lineups are much better sans Brunson, and the same holds true for Brunson led lineups, 

I think Brunson at 20+mil isn't an asset anymore, and we'd be locking ourselves into playoff mediocrity.

Not only that, but he may not want to be here.  We might not be able to retain him regardless.  It would be an epic fail if we value him too much to trade him, and then watch him walk away in the offseason.